Underwater Volcano Spews Lava 60 Feet Canary Is.

 Homes evacuated on Canary Island as underwater volcano spews molten rock 60ft into the air  - Ready to blow?

• Ships ordered away from port and planes banned from flying over El Hierro
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• Sea of brown magma bubbling up just off the coast
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By CHRIS PARSONS

Last updated at 4:18 PM on 7th November 2011

Homes have been evacuated and roads closed on the southern-most Canary Island following a government-issued warning about a possible volcanic eruption.

The southern tip of El Hierro was shaken by a 4.3-magnitude quake late on Saturday as an underwater volcano just off the coast started spewing matter some 60ft into the air.

The island, which has 500 volcanic cones, has experienced more than 10,000 tremors  in the past four months.

Renewed fears of an eruption came as vast quantities of magma - the molten rock from just under the earth's crust - began bubbling into the sea off the port of La Restinga.

Sea of magma: Brown and bubbling material from a new underwater volcano stains the sea off the coast of El Hierro in the Canary Islands

Witnessess said that explosive plumes and jets could be seen on the ocean surface from the underwater volcano which began erupting last month. Some of the material is being ejected as high as 60ft into the air.

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The regional government of the Spanish Canary Island issued a 'yellow' volcanic eruption alert - the second on a four-level scale.

La Restinga's 600 residents were evacuated last week after the volcanic activity began. 

Now new evacuations have been called for people living along the southern end of the island. Authorities have also shut down access to La Restinga.

Evacuation: Families leave La Restinga town for the second time in a month as activity from the underwater volcano off the coast increases. Authorities are planning to evacuate other stretches of the coast

Explosive: The underwater volcano spews molten rock into the air off the coast of El Hierro in the Canary Islands

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2058436/El-Hierro-volcano-ready-eruption-Homes-evacuated-Spains-southern-Canary-Islands.html#ixzz1d4RjjuKH



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